the most commonly used character encoding on the World Wide Web until December 2007, when it was surpassed by UTF-8.

On December 10, 2007, Vick received a 23-month prison sentence and was officially cut from the Atlanta roster.

Eric Wodening founded Englatheod in July 2007, while Sweartfenn Theod was founded, by Jeffrey Runokivi, in December 2007.

The most popular player in franchise history, " Gonzo " signed a one-year contract worth just under $ 7 million on December 7 to play for the rival Los Angeles Dodgers for the 2007 season.

On December 3, 2007 the Diamondbacks traded Carlos Quentin, who had failed to perform to expectation, to the Chicago White Sox for first base prospect Chris Carter.

AZ were undefeated in all 32 of their home matches in European competitions, a sequence which ran from 1977 until 20 December 2007, when they finally lost to Everton of England by a score of 3 – 2.

In December, 2007, St. George Absinthe Verte, produced by St. George Spirits became the first brand of American-made absinthe to be legally produced in the United States since a ban was enacted in 1912.

The NASA Constellation Program announced Altair as the name of the Lunar Surface Access Module ( LSAM ) on December 13, 2007.

Mainly due to reunification-related expenditures, Berlin as a German state has accumulated more debt than any other city in Germany, with the most current estimate being € 60 ($ 84 ) bn in December 2007.

Digicel was finally granted a licence on 17 December 2007 and plans to start operations in the BVI sometime in 2008.

The project concluded on December 31, 2007, when the partnership between the program manager and the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority ended.

The project was not completed, however, until December 2007, at a cost of over $ 14. 6 billion ($ 8. 08 billion in 1982 dollars ).

On December 24, 2007, the Del Valle family announced they had reached a settlement with Power Fasteners that would pay the family $ 6 million.

On December 13, 2007, former U. S. Senator George J. Mitchell released his report on the use of performance-enhancing substances by MLB players.

Congressman Cliff Stearns said in December 2007 that Selig should resign because of use of performance enhancing drugs in baseball during his tenure.

Since December 2007, the main regular presenters on the channel have been Simon McCoy, Carrie Gracie, Matthew Amroliwala, Jane Hill, Jon Sopel, Emily Maitlis, Louise Minchin, Huw Edwards, Ben Brown, Joanna Gosling and Chris Eakin.

* 2007 John Duncan Edwards ( Final president of Gate as an all-male house, evicted on December 18 by the Dean of Students )

On December 31, 2007, the NES version of Bubble Bobble was released on Nintendo's Virtual Console service for the Wii.

* E & E. tv: Skeptical enviro Bjorn Lomborg discusses post-Kyoto roadmap, calls Kyoto " feel good strategy " ( OnPoint, 12 December 2007 )

They were also criticised for shutting down all servers except the Japanese servers for the games Resident Evil: Outbreak and its sequel Resident Evil Outbreak File 2, which the servers for Outbreak and Outbreak File 2 in Japan finally closed on June 30, 2011, over three and a half years after shutting down the North American and European servers on December 31, 2007.

Costa Rican colones (₡) per US $ 1 – 512. 11 ( September 4, 2010 ), US $ 1 – 559. 51 ( October 24, 2008 ), per US $ 1 – 500. 10 ( December 2007 ), 516. 78 ( November 2007 ), 506. 11 ( April 2006 ), 479. 57 ( July 2005 ), 299. 63 ( February 2000 ), 285. 68 ( 1999 ), 257. 23 ( 1998 ), 232. 60 ( 1997 ), 207. 69 ( 1996 ) and 179. 73 ( 1995 )

$ 13. 67 billion ( 31 December 2007 est.

The Tribune company, in financial distress, was acquired by real-estate mogul Sam Zell in December 2007.

On December 6, 2001, Arthur M. Blank, the co-founder and retired co-chairman of Atlanta-based Home Depot, reached a preliminary agreement with the Falcons ’ Taylor Smith to purchase the team.

On December 14, in a blockbuster trade, the Diamondbacks acquired starting RHP Dan Haren from the Oakland Athletics for six players: LHP Brett Anderson, LHP Dana Eveland and LHP Greg Smith ; the above-mentioned just-acquired infielder Chris Carter ; and outfielders Aaron Cunningham and Carlos Gonzalez.

The two groups united at High Street Meeting House, Lexington, Kentucky, with a handshake between Barton W. Stone and " Raccoon " John Smith, on Saturday, December 31, 1831.

On December 6, 2007, FASA founder Jordan Weisman announced that his new venture, Smith & Tinker, had licensed the electronic gaming rights to MechWarrior, Shadowrun, and Crimson Skies from Microsoft.

Daniel MacKenzie of the American whaler Minerva Smith was unaware of Worth's sighting when he charted the island in 1828 and named it after his ship's owners on 1 December 1828.

Melvin Kenneth " Mel " Smith ( born 3 December 1952 ) is an English comedian, writer, film director, producer and actor.

On 31 December 2008, Smith appeared on Celebrity Mastermind whilst suffering from severe pharyngitis.

The creation of NSA resulted from a December 10, 1951, memo sent by Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA ) Director Walter Bedell Smith to James S. Lay, Executive Secretary of the National Security Council.

Osborne Earl " Ozzie " Smith ( born December 26, 1954 ) is an American former baseball shortstop who played in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) for the San Diego Padres and St. Louis Cardinals from 1978 to 1996.

Smith became a free agent for the first time in his career on November 2, 1992, only to sign a new contract with the Cardinals on December 6.

By December 1979, Muzerowa had replaced Smith as Prime Minister and secured a a fresh agreement with the more militant African factions, allowing Rhodesia to briefly revert to her colonial status pending popular elections.

Also in December 1916, the first woman animator, Helena Smith Dayton, began experimenting with clay stop motion.

* Robert Smith ( May 18, 1927 – December 7, 1933 )

The one bright note of the season was on December 7, 2003, when defensive end Bruce Smith sacked Giants quarterback Jesse Palmer in the fourth quarter.

* December 16 – Michelle Smith, Irish swimmer

* December 20 – C. Aubrey Smith, British actor ( b. 1863 )

* December 6 – Mimi Smith, maternal aunt and guardian of John Lennon ( b. 1914 )

* December 22 – Prime Minister Ian Smith declares that Rhodesia is already a republic.

* December 30 – Al Smith, American politician ( d. 1944 )

* December 31 – Pete Duel, American actor ( Alias Smith and Jones ) ( b. 1940 )

* December 3 – George Smith presents the first translation of the Epic of Gilgamesh to a meeting of the Society of Biblical Archaeology in London.

* September 22 – Joseph Smith, Jr. clamied in 1838 that on this day he had taken the Golden plates from the place where they were stored, and that he began writing down the Book of Mormon from them the following December.

* December 23 – Joseph Smith, Jr., American prophet, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement.

* December ( early ) – Captain John Smith of the Jamestown Colony is captured by Opechancanough and then sent to Chief Powhatan for execution ; Pocahontas rescues him.

* December 23 – Thomas Smith, English scholar and diplomat ( d. 1577 )